Asian Games: Neeraj Chopra, Kishore Jena Dominate With Historic 1-2 Finish In Javelin Throw

The Indian contingent of champion Neeraj Chopra and Kishore Jena created history by clinching both the Gold and Silver at the Javelin Throw event in Hangzhou, registering the first-ever 1-2 finish in this event for India.

Chopra had earlier in the 2018 Asian Games clinched the Gold with an astounding throw of 88.06m, and has been on a dominant streak ever since. The Olympic, World, Asian and Diamond League champion had established himself as the head-over-heels favourite in the event. Especially with news of Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem being ruled out with injury, there were seemingly no other competition to step up and challenge Chopra. With his first throw of the contest, Chopra launched an absolute missile, clearing what seemed like at least a whopping distance of more than 80m. But due to some technical issues, the result for his first throw was not registered by the measurers. So, Chopra was awarded yet another chance to redo his first attempt.

Neeraj, steely-eyed as ever, took to the track yet again with his second attempt and launched an absolute rocket that cleared 84.49m, bettering his first attempt.

Kishore Jena though shocked the competition when he registered a gobsmacking throw of 86.77m on his third attempt, taking the Gold away from Neeraj Chopra for the moment being. The bit of friendly competition seemed to have done the trick as Neeraj Chopra launched an absolute missile of 88.88m with his fourth attempt to take away the top spot from Jena yet again. Jena came out with a thundering response of 87.54m, flooring the rest of the competition completely.

And there was nothing that could be done by any of the competitors left, as the dup flew away with the Gold and Silver by a massive margin compared to the third-placed Japan.